and a strong economy. some said despite the risk we should let our nation's economy go off part of the fiscal cliff in january allowing the top two rates to rise and they believe that doing that will generate more revenue for the federal government. here is the problem with that, raising those rates on january 1st would, according to the independent firm, ernst & young, destroy 700,000 american jobs. >> kelly: all right. angela mcglowan is a political analyst and joining us today, ladies, what we can see right now, there has to be some compromise, but washington is once again finding itself in a mood of saying let's make a deal. is there a deal to be made here? will we find compromise? angela. >> there is a deal to be made here and the american people have spoken. even though they elected president obama for four more years they elected the same congress and the congressional approval rating is about at 10%. what both parties need to do is stop the partisan politics and go together and not leave the negotiating table until a deal is done. and working in washington d.c. as long as i have, kell